by Girish Anand | May 11, 2016 | OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued a final rule to modernize injury data collection in an effort to better inform workers, employers, the public and OSHA about workplace hazards. With this new rule, OSHA claims it is applying the insights...
by Girish Anand | May 10, 2016 | HHS
Speaking at the annual Health Datapalooza conference this week, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced a challenge to encourage health care organizations, designers, developers, digital tech companies and other innovators...
by Girish Anand | May 9, 2016 | EEOC
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued a new resource document that addresses the rights of employees with disabilities who seek leave as a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). The document is...
by Girish Anand | May 5, 2016 | Minimum Wage Law, Overtime Rules
The final rule setting a new salary threshold for overtime exemptions, now under review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is still being attacked as overly aggressive by business groups. The final rule reached OMB March 17. Since then, OMB has held 22...
by Girish Anand | May 4, 2016 | DOL
The Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) of the Department of Labor (DOL) has announced the launch of a newly enhanced online one-stop for employment services, Veterans.gov. The website brings together job banks, state employment offices, American Job...
